SA rail workers ready to keep striking

Train workers in South Australia will keep striking over the coming weeks to get a better deal, a lawyer representing most of the workers says.

Rail union members plan to walk off the job on Thursday from 10am to 2pm, and again on Friday from 6am to 10am then 3pm to 7pm, after going more than two years without a pay rise.

The Friday strikes are likely to disrupt Adelaide Crows fans attending their last AFL home game for the year against West Coast at Adelaide Oval.

SA Deputy Premier John Rau says the state government has met with union representatives to kick off discussions to stop the strikes, but lawyer Gary Collis, who is representing the majority of the rail workers - including those in the union - says there will be more to come.

Mr Collis has applied to the Fair Work Commission on behalf of those he represents for protected industrial action and is confident they will get the green light to strike within three weeks.

He says that unlike union representatives, he hasn't been contacted by the state government, whose position on forced redundancies is "still immovable".

"The government have not moved one inch when it comes to the issue of no forced redundancies," he told FiveAA radio on Monday.

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"If the government are eager to discuss and ensure that no action takes place, well, they certainly haven't contacted me."

Opposition transport spokesman David Pisoni said the system is "in for a hell of a ride" if industrial action comes from two fronts - the union and other groups.

"We've got a situation now where the government, according to Gary, will only talk to one group - the union - who are representing workers; they won't talk to the non-union members, and it's no wonder that we're not seeing a resolution of this situation," he told FiveAA radio.

Adelaide Crows chief executive Andrew Fagan said it's "really unfair" that footy fans will be affected by the strikes coinciding with Friday's clash.

"We would expect that they could find another way to make their position clear to the government," he told FiveAA radio.